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Gary Coleman will not be laid to rest this weekend as originally planned. With the late actor's ex-wife and estranged parents now warring over custody of his body, Coleman's Utah funeral has been

WHITING, Ind. — The Rev. Jesse Jackson says the Gulf Coast oil spill is a result of the federal government's weak enforcement of the nation's environmental laws. Jackson also said Wednesday that t

NEW ORLEANS — The best hope for stopping the flow of oil from the blown-out well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico has been compared to hitting a target the size of a dinner plate more than two mile

NOTE FROM SIEBRA: With the attacks and wholesale killings of primarily Black, Red and Brown youth increasing in the United States, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan delivered a message of guida

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A well-funded black congressman has a shot at becoming the first African-American to win the Democratic nomination for governor of Alabama, even without the backing of the state's t

Gary Coleman's devastated parents are desperate to know more about the circumstances surrounding the star's death - so they can obtain a sense of "closure" following his tragic passing. The Diff're

WASHINGTON—U.S. President Barack Obama, responding to the failure of BP's latest attempt to plug a mile-deep oil and natural gas leak in the Gulf of Mexico, on Saturday expressed outrage at the durati

From Newsweek.com May 29, 2010 The deeply flawed plan for immigration reform put forward by Senator Chuck Schumer of New York (and backed by Obama) is not a positive place to begin the discussion

From GlobalResearch.com May 28, 2010 It's been 37 days since BP's offshore oil rig, Deepwater Horizon, exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. Since then, crude oil has been hemorrhaging into ocean waters

Former child TV star Gary Coleman, who suffered intracranial brain bleeding and was on life support in the intensive care unit of a Utah hospital, passed away at the age of 42 on Friday. Utah Vall

Peace To All, In lieu of the devastating tornadoes, the BP oil spill in Louisiana and the hurricane season right around the corner, how prepared are you (we) in the event of such natural disasters

With lawmakers giving their final approval today, Gov. Bobby Jindal quickly signed into law an overhaul of public school teacher evaluations to include student test scores, with the state highlighting

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Electronic road sign hackers generally like to warn motorists of zombie and raptor attacks, but in South Florida, the signs are apparently being used to fuel the immigration debate. A highway sign

FREDERICK DOUGLASS CHURCH JOINS "AMERICA'S 11 MOST ENDANGERED HISTORIC PLACES" LIST WASHINGTON — When chunks of plaster began falling from the ceiling of the national cathedral of African Methodism

BET, George Foreman Grills and Dark & Lovely No Lye Relaxer have a commonality: They're not as black as you think. For the confused, theBVX ( which like Black Voices is NOT black-owned) has compiled a shocking list of 10 things you thought were black owned but actually aren't. 10. Black Entertainment Television If black is in the name, it must be black owned, right? The network was founded by an African American, Robert Johnson, in the '80s, but in 2003, BET was sold to Viacom, which

Christ's Mother, "The Black Madonna" is worshiped throughout Europe, of all places. The most sacred icons of the Catholic Church are the Black Madonna and Christ child, which are found in Europe's

DETROIT — Civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton gave a rousing eulogy Saturday for a 7-year-old girl killed in a police raid, challenging the hundreds of mourners to take responsibility and help